TechDAS lll experience

Reading the posts about the AF3P on what’s best forum kind of reminds me of being eight years old, in the 50s, when one could take the box top off a package of cold cereal and order a Lone Ranger Marshall’s  badge which had a built-in whistle on the back side. I and all my friends had to have it and then we talked about it extensively. The difference is that the badge only cost a quarter.

@lewm 
I agree wholeheartedly. 
I tried to participate over there and I discovered that the group is made up of about 20 regulars and the moderator is the "owner" of the site and seems to occupy some alternative version of the universe. The fact that his avatar resembles the male version of a glamor shot with much plastic surgery and make up is telling 

Not the AF III, but I have the V. It’s extraordinary. I feel once you go air bearing and vacuum hold down it’s impossible to go back. Very quiet table. The engineering and build quality is really something to behold. It also doesn’t get any easier to setup, operate, maintain. The whole package is just so well thought out. As an example, Honda makes the wiring harness between the motor unit and the power supply. 

BTW there is a AF V Premium being released soon.

I am not intimately familiar with the Techdas Airforce line of turntables, but I have seen a few photos of the AF3.  My only criticism from 30,000 feet is that it hangs the tonearm off a peg, like the old M-S designs. Indeed, one of the owners who posted on What's Best said he tried to mount a tonearm using an old M-S mount he had on hand, and it worked.  Raul has pointed out the flaw in this design, and I tend to agree with the theory; the tonearm is then subjected to any energy traveling up the footer.  The AF One is a massive thing that does not use that method to mount tonearms, IIRC.  But take what I say with a grain of salt; I've never seen or heard one.
I was surprised to learn that the Premium version of the AF3 has a platter that is 20kg(!) heavier than that of a plain AF3. That's a whole different world and must require a heftier motor, belt, etc.